Attack The Block

R
Walker's Rating 5/5
Skip It/See It


2011 was a year of Alien invasion movies. We had Paul, Battle LA, Super 8, Cowboys and Aliens and others. But to see what comes off as the crown victor in that category this year one must travel overseas to merry old england where Joe Cornish's directorial debut is set. Attack The Block follows a group of South London inner city teenage gangster wannabes encounter with a hostile alien race. The film is fast, funny and has some great scares. While many films spend a third of the film setting up plot and characters, ATB jumps almost right into the action. With a running time of just a little over 80 minutes ATB has very little slow time most of the films is high action awesomeness. The aliens themselves are a whole knew take on the genre. the usual bipedal green slimy things are replaced with what can be best described by the name given to them by the main characters "Crazy Alien Gorilla Wolf Motherfuckers." The shapeless black harry things only defined by glowing luminescent blue teeth. The young cast is quite well done and very authentically cast. One can hardly like the teenage posse at the start of the film, but as it progresses we began to like them more and more as we cheer them on in defending their run down apartment complex from the CAGWMF's.Newcomer John Boyega leads the gang as Moses a 15 year old boy with a cold exterior and a thick south london accent (the entire cast has thick accents which may be heard to understand more some). Some of the best comic relief comes from the gangs drug dealer Ron portrayed by the always funny Nick Frost as he calmly watching animal planet and smokes pot through the entire invasion. ATB is a must watch for any sci-fi fan or lovers of the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy. Believe it bruv this film is awesome!